Science Fair Coaching for Grades 5 to 8

Middle school science fair coaching

Middle school science fair coaching

Middle school science fair coaching

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past winners

past winners

past winners

Every ScienceFair coach is a past science fair winner who knows what it takes to stand out. Now they’ll help your child find a project they love and build it step by step, at a pace that fits middle school.

Every ScienceFair coach is a past science fair winner who knows what it takes to stand out. Now they’ll help your child find a project they love and build it step by step, at a pace that fits middle school.

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A middle school student presents his science fair project to a judge

Could a cheaper filter clean dirty water?

Could a cheaper filter clean dirty water?

What makes one paper airplane fly farther than another?

Why do some plants grow faster than others?

Why do some plants grow faster than others?

Every coach is a past science fair winner

ISEF Grand Award winners

Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalists

JSHS winners

No big idea yet? That’s how most projects start

No big idea yet? That’s how most projects start

No big idea yet? That’s how most projects start

Every great science fair project starts the same way, with a question: Why do some plants grow faster than others? Could a cheaper filter clean dirty water? What makes one paper airplane fly farther than another?

Every great science fair project starts the same way, with a question: Why do some plants grow faster than others? Could a cheaper filter clean dirty water? What makes one paper airplane fly farther than another?

Our coaches know from experience that the projects that go furthest usually begin with a question a student truly cares about. So we start with the things your child already wonders about. Together, we turn one of those questions into a project that is truly their own, at a pace that fits a middle schooler’s busy week.

Our coaches know from experience that the projects that go furthest usually begin with a question a student truly cares about. So we start with the things your child already wonders about. Together, we turn one of those questions into a project that is truly their own, at a pace that fits a middle schooler’s busy week.

How ScienceFair works

How ScienceFair works

How ScienceFair works

Our coaches break a science project into four friendly steps, so your child always knows what comes next.

Our coaches break a science project into four friendly steps, so your child always knows what comes next.

1

Find the idea

Your child and their coach talk about what they’re curious about and pick a question worth exploring.

2

Build it together

The coach guides each part of the experiment or design, from planning to testing. Their coach helps them to think it through, but your child owns their own research.

3

Practice for the judges

In practice judging sessions, your child rehearses explaining the project and answering questions, so the real day feels familiar.

4

Show it off

Your child walks into their fair ready to tell the story of their project with confidence.

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Everything your child gets

Everything your child gets

Everything your child gets

Our middle school program gives your child a coach, a plan and the tools to make a project they’re proud of.

Our middle school program gives your child a coach, a plan and the tools to make a project they’re proud of.

Help finding an idea, so your child starts with a project they’re excited to build

One-on-one coaching with a past science fair winner, online and from home

Step-by-step support through the experiment or build

Practice judging sessions that make the real thing feel familiar

Our full library of video lessons recorded by past science fair winners

Coached by past science fair winners

Coached by past science fair winners

Coached by past science fair winners

ScienceFair coaches have won at the highest levels of science competition, so they know exactly what it’s like to stand in front of the judges.

ScienceFair coaches have won at the highest levels of science competition, so they know exactly what it’s like to stand in front of the judges.

Our coaches include ISEF Grand Award winners, Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalists and JSHS winners, and they all started from where your child is now. And because they’ve been through it themselves, our coaches know how to make big steps feel small, explain tricky ideas in a way that clicks and turn judging day from scary into exciting.

Samyra Mahiba

Samyra Mahiba

Two-time ISEF Grand Award winner

3rd Place at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in New York

Eli Hanechak

Eli Hanechak

ISEF Grand Award winner

Davidson Fellow Laureate

Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar

Rai Kahlon

Rai Kahlon

Regeneron Science Talent Search Top 40 Finalist

US Presidential Scholar

BioGENEius Excellence Award

Matthew Casavant

Matthew Casavant

2nd Place, International Genius Olympiad

ISEF Grand Award winner

ISEF Special Award winner

Where your child’s project can go

Where your child’s project can go

Where your child’s project can go

Most students begin at their school science fair. If your child wants to aim higher, our coaches can help them reach the two biggest middle school STEM competitions in the US.

Most students begin at their school science fair. If your child wants to aim higher, our coaches can help them reach the two biggest middle school STEM competitions in the US.

Wherever your child is starting from, we’ll meet them there and help them take the next step.

Wherever your child is starting from, we’ll meet them there and help them take the next step.

Local

Your school science fair

Where most students begin.

National

3M Young Scientist Challenge

Invites students in grades 5 to 8 to share a short video about an idea that could solve an everyday problem.

National

Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

A national competition for middle schoolers who are nominated through their local science fair.

Let’s find your child’s big question

Let’s find your child’s big question

Let’s find your child’s big question

Book a free call with one of our academic advisors to talk about what your child loves and see whether ScienceFair coaching is the right next step.

Book a free call with one of our academic advisors to talk about what your child loves and see whether ScienceFair coaching is the right next step.

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Questions parents ask

Questions parents ask

Questions parents ask

My child has never done a science fair. Is ScienceFair a good fit?

Yes. Our middle school coaching is built for students starting from a blank page. We help your child find an idea first, then guide them one step at a time.

What if my child already has an idea?

Will the coach do the project for my child?

Do we need a lab or special equipment?

How much time will it take?

What happens on the free call?